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| title | date | redirect_from |
|---|---|---|
| Forward X11 window over SSH | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 +09:00 | /blog/2017/06/16/x11forward |
Installation
Remote
Arch Linux
pacman -S xorg-xauth xorg-fonts-100dpi xorg-xeyes
Ubuntu 16.04
Make sure you have installed SSH, X11 and xAuth on a remote server.
sudo apt install -y xorg xauth openssh
sudo sed -i '/ForwardX11/s/.*/ForwardX11 yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
sudo service ssh restart
Client (macOS Big Sur)
You also need to have X11 on your local machine.
brew install xquartz # install X11
ssh -X <remote>
$ xeyes # verify you have X11
You might want to restart macOS if $DISPLAY have empty value.
Plot with matplotlib
Plot a simple graph remotely on Ubuntu 16.04:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.plot([1, 2, 3])
plt.show()
If you can't see any window, add backend settings to ~/.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc.
backend: TkAgg
or just add few lines to change the backend explicitly:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('TkAgg')
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
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